[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59879-59881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29780]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29379; Amdt. No. 1897]
RIN 2120-AA65


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at 
certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the 
adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in 
the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new 
navigational facilities, addition of new obstacles, or changes in air 
traffic requirements. These changes are designed to provide safe and 
efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight 
operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATES: An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory 
provisions.

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    Incorporation by reference-approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register on December 31, 1980, and reapproved as of January 1, 1982.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters incorporated by reference in the 
amendment is as follows:
    For Examination--1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected 
airport is located; or
    3. The Flight Inspection Area Office which originated the SIAP.
    For Purchase--Individual SIAP copies may be obtained from:
    1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected 
airport is located.
    By Subscription--Copies of all SIAPs, mailed once every 2 weeks, 
are for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight 
Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South 
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 
Oklahoma City, OK 73125) telephone: (405) 954-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to part 97 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or 
revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). The complete 
regulatory description of each SIAP is contained in official FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reverence in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR). The applicable FAA Forms are identified as FAA Forms 
8260-3, 8260-4, and 8260-5. Materials incorporated by reference are 
available for examination or purchase as stated above.
    The large number of SIAPs, their complex nature, and the need for a 
special format make their verbatim publication in the Federal Register 
sexpensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use the regulatory 
text of the SIAPs, but refer to their graphic depiction on charts 
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages 
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the 
complete description of each SIAP contained in FAA form documents is 
unnecessary. The provisions of this amendment stated the affected CFR 
(and FAR) sections, with the types and effective dates of the SIAPs. 
This amendment also identifies the airport, its location, the procedure 
identification and the amendment number.

 The Rule

    This amendment to part 97 is effective upon publication of each 
separate SIAP as contained in the transmittal. Some SIAP amendments may 
have been previously issued by the FAA in a National Flight Data Center 
(NFDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate 
flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts. The 
circumstances which created the need for some SIAP amendments may 
require making them effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining 
SIAPs, an effective date at least 30 days after publication is 
provided.
    Further, the SIAPs contained in this amendment are based on the 
criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument 
Approach Procedures (TERPS). In developing these SIAPs, the TERPS 
criteria were applied to the conditions existing or anticipated at the 
affected airports. Because of the close and immediate relationship 
between these SIAPs and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and 
public procedure before adopting these SIAPs are impracticable and 
contrary to the public interest and, where applicable, that good cause 
exists for making some SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and procedures (44 FR 11035; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA 
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 97

    Air traffic control, Airports, Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 30, 1998.
Richard O. Gordon,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, part 97 of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) is amended by 
establishing, amending, suspending, or revoking Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures, effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as 
follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

    1. The authority citation for part 97 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; and 14 
CFR 11.49(b)(2).

    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:


Secs. 97.23, 97.25, 97.27, 97.29, 97.31, 97.33, 97.35  [Amended]

    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec. 97.27 
NDB, NDB/DME; Sec. 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

Effective 3 December, 1998

Page, AZ, Page Muni, VOR-B, Orig
Page, AZ, Page Muni, VOR or GPS-A, Orig, CANCELLED
Petaluma, CA, Petaluma Muni, VOR RWY 29, Orig
Titusville, FL, Space Coast Regional, NDB OR GPS RWY 18, Amdt 12
Titusville, FL, Space Coast Regional, ILS RWY 36 Amdt 1
Sulphur, LA, Southland Field, GPS RWY 15, Amdt 1
Sulphur, LA, Southland Field, NBD RWY 15, Amdt 1
Sulphur, LA, Southland Field, LOC RWY 15, Amdt 1
Missoula, MT, Missoula International, ILS RWY 11, Admt 11
Portsmouth, NH, Peace Intl Tradeport, ILS RWY 16, Orig
Portsmouth, NH, Peace Intl Tradeport, GPS RWY 16, Amdt 1
Portsmouth, NH, Peace Intl Tradeport, VOR OR TACAN RWY 16, Amdt 5
Shelby, NC, Shelby Muni, NDB RWY 5, Amdt 4, CANCELLED
Shelby, NC, Shelby Muni, NDB RWY 5, Orig
Shelby, NC, Shelby Muni, NDB RWY 23, Orig

Effective 31 December, 1998

Hugo, OK, Stan Stamper Muni, NDB OR GPS RWY 35, Amdt 1

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Effective 28 January, 1999

Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, VOR/DME RWY 2, Amdt 1
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, VOR/RWY 11, Amdt 11A, CANCELLED
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, VOR/DME RWY 11, Orig
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, VOR/ RWY 29, Amdt 4
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, VOR/DME RWY 29, Orig
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, LOC/DME BC RWY 29, Amdt 2
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, NDB RWY 11, Amdt 2
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, ILS RWY 11, Amdt 4
Yakutat, AK, Yakutat, GPS RWY 2, Orig
Delano, CA, Delano Muni, VOR RWY 32, Amdt 8
Delano, CA, Delano Muni, GPS RWY 32, Amdt 1
Fresno, CA, Fresno-Chandler Downtown, GPS RWY 12R, Orig
Lincoln, CA, Lincoln Regional/Karl Harder Field, GPS RWY 15, Orig
Lincoln, CA, Lincoln Regional/Karl Harder Field, GPS RWY 32, Orig
Madera, CA, Madera Muni, VOR RWY 30, Amdt 10
Madera, CA, Madera Muni, GPS RWY 30, Amdt 1
San Diego (El Cajon), CA, Gillespie Field, LOC-D, Amdt 10
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, VOR RWY 12R, Amdt 3
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, ILS RWY 12R, Amdt 5
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, GPS RWY 12R, Orig
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, VOR/DME RWY 30L, Amdt 1
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, LOC/DME RWY 30L, Amdt 11
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, NDB/DME RWY 30L, Amdt 5
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, ILS RWY 30L, Amdt 21
San Jose, CA, San Jose Intl, GPS RWY 30L, Orig
Victorville, CA, Southern California Intl, VOR/DME RWY 17, Orig
Jasper, GA, Pickens County, NDB RWY 34, Amdt 1, CANCELLED
Jasper, GA, Pickens County, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Perry, IA, Perry Muni, GPS RWY 13, Orig
Perry, IA, Perry Muni, GPS RWY 31, Orig
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, VOR RWY 17, Amdt 1
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 17
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, ILS RWY 35, Amdt 19
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, GPS RWY 12, Orig
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, GPS RWY 17, Orig
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, GPS RWY 30, Orig
Salina, KS, Salina Muni, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Hartford, KY, Ohio County, GPS RWY 3, Orig
Hartford, KY, Ohio County, GPS RWY 21, Orig
Louisville, KY, Bowman Field, GPS RWY 24, Orig
Natchitoches, LA, Natchitoches Regional, NDB OR GPS RWY 34, Amdt 4
New Orleans, LA, Lakefront, LORAN RNAV RWY 18R, Orig-A, CANCELLED
Rush City, NM, Rush City Rgnl, GPS RWY 34, Orig
Libby, MT, Libby, GPS-A, Orig
Statesville, NC, Statesville Muni, GPS RWY 10, Amdt 1
Superior, NE, Superior Muni, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 1
Roswell, NM, Roswell Industrial Air Center, RADAR-1, Orig
Ellenville, NY, Joseph Y Resnick, GPS RWY 4, Orig
Ellenville, NY, Joseph Y Resnick, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Washington Court House, OH, Fayette County, NDB RWY 22, Amdt 4
Washington Court House, OH, Fayette County, GPS RWY 22, Orig
Frederick, OK, Frederick Muni, GPS RWY 35L, Admt 1
Aiken, SC, Aiken Muni, GPS RWY 6, Orig
Aiken, SC, Aiken Muni, GPS RWY 24, Orig
Gregory, SD, Gregory Muni, GPS RWY 31, Amdt 1
San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Intl, GPS RWY 3, Orig
San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Intl, GPS RWY 12R, Orig
San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Intl, GPS RWY 30L, Orig

    Note: The FAA published the following amendment in Docket No. 
29357, Amdt No. 1893 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations 
(Volume 63, No. 197, Page 54573; dated Tuesday, October 13, 1998) 
under Section 97.25 effective December 3, 1998 which is hereby 
rescinded:

San Diego (El Cajon), CA, Gillespie Field, LOC-D, Amdt 10

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